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By Walter Chaw (1,360) for Film Freak Central (1,643) on 02 Sep 2018

First Man is the first Damien Chazelle movie I've liked and there are times I liked it quite a lot…

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By Paul O'callaghan (20) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 01 Sep 2018

Damien Chazelle is clearly in awe of the collective efforts it took to propel Neil Armstrong to the moon, but he remains ambivalent about whether…

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By Richard Lawson (539) for Vanity Fair (761) on 01 Sep 2018

There are indeed stretches of the film—particularly its gripping and just a little miserable opening sequence—when it soars (argh, sorry)…

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By Ashley Menzel (79) for We Live Entertainment (357) on 31 Aug 2018

While I felt the film did struggle with the emotional aspects of the storyline, I really can't find a film that was so effective in its portrayal…

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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 31 Aug 2018

It’s very much its own thing – part harrowing and exhilarating space epic on a grand canvas and part intimate character study in miniature…

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By Brian Viner (589) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 29 Aug 2018

A captivating and suspenseful thriller, which is given a powerful whoosh of added poignancy by the story of Armstrong's family life…

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By Adam Woodward (285) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 29 Aug 2018

This is a confident but pretty bland technical exercise…

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By Kevin Maher (647) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 29 Aug 2018

The film reconstitutes our taciturn hero as a man riven with grief after the death of his daughter...It's a bold move and seems to inform Gosling's…

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By Nicholas Barber (220) for BBC.com (1,500) on 29 Aug 2018

And yet, as restrained as First Man is, this riveting, exhaustively researched and utterly believable film manages to shake you, take your…

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By Raphael Abraham (46) for Financial Times (1,822) on 29 Aug 2018

They can put a man on the moon, it seems, but they can't get him to express his feelings…

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By David Sexton (322) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 29 Aug 2018

This last, largely silent, section on the moon itself is rightly awe-inspiring -- but it takes the movie a long time to get up there…

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By David Lister (1) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 28 Aug 2018

This is a human story, remarkably well told…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for TIME Magazine (1,130) on 28 Aug 2018

This is a respectful movie, even a genuflecting one; there’s never a moment when Chazelle fails to let you know he’s doing important, valuable…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 28 Aug 2018

After seeing First Man, it’s doubtful you’ll think about space flight, or Armstrong’s historic walk, in quite the same way…

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By David Rooney (943) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 28 Aug 2018

It’s a credit to the filmmakers and to lead actor Ryan Gosling’s thoughtfully internalized performance as Neil Armstrong that this sober,…

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By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 28 Aug 2018

Steering an astonishingly accomplished path between the small steps and the giant leaps of the Apollo 11 mission, reigning Best Director Damien…

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By Leonardo Goi (38) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 28 Aug 2018

In its tragic undertones, complex psychological edifice, and claustrophobic visuals, First Man stands out, in both content and form, as a remarkable,…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 28 Aug 2018

Chazelle has always specialised in virtuoso endings, and his sure hand and sharp eye brings this ambitious character study smoothly into land…

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By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 28 Aug 2018

It’s a beautifully made film, with an impeccable lead performance from Ryan Gosling as the sober, sensitive astronaut…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 28 Aug 2018

Overall, it’s an impressively mounted film, from the seamless visual effects to the score by Justin Hurwitz, which is flexible enough to…

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